Chinese Blogger Says S’pore Food Delivery Riders Are Slow & Don’t Get Fined For Being Late Unlike In China

We totally understand when one is hangry and still have to wait for our food delivery to arrive.

But an irate Chinese blogger is taking that conversation further by ranting on the Internet to compare her experience in Singapore to China.

In a video posted to Xiaohongshu, she started the video chastising food delivery riders in Singapore for being “too slow”.

“I ordered at 1pm, the food only arrived past 2pm,” she complained.

“An order made at 10pm, still hadn’t arrived at 12 midnight even though I had chased them thrice,” she added.

She went on to exasperatedly say that “ordering takeout in Singapore is a heartbreaking experience”.

The blogger also pointed out that in China, food delivery riders travel on motorbikes while Singapore they use a variety of vehicles.

“It is common [in Singapore] to see people use a diverse number of ways to deliver food. There are electric bikes, motorbikes, bicycles, electric wheelchairs for disabled people, folding bikes, and some even go on foot,” she noted, adding that they make deliveries even when they are limping on an injured leg.

The blogger also said that unlike Singapore, food delivery riders in China are fined should they not complete the job within the stipulated time.

She added that not only are food delivery riders not punished for being tardy, eateries aren’t also given a time limit to prepare the food.

She ended her video by saying a netizen had complained about waiting for their food for an hour, only for the restaurant to cancel the order because they were too busy.

If you ask us, won’t we rather our food delivery riders be safe on the roads than rushing because of a fine?

It seems a number of netizens thought the same way and disagreed with her and defended food delivery riders in the comments.

“Food delivery riders may be slower in Singapore and Malaysia, but we don’t criticise or blame them because we understand that it’s not an easy job,” read a comment.

Another shot down the blogger and asked, “Do people in China treat their delivery workers like human beings?”

One even felt that more people in China needed to empathise with food delivery riders and said, “Everyone has their struggles. In China, there are too many instances where people insult and blame food delivery riders.”